Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Oh my...looks like the 5th Guards Cavalry Regiment got wiped out - AV yesterday of 28.

[Lowpe]

Should be able to push down to Akyab here...taking care to guard against an invasion behind us though, too...

Worried about Lashio...seems the Japanese are bringing the kitchen sink.

IJA 4th Guards Div has reversed course, and is heading SW, while a Rgt is heading northeast from the open terrain (above Mandalay)...where we bombed them with our twin engine bombers and some Airacobras...lots of waves hit them.


Morning Air attack on 24th Infantry Regiment, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 10
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson IIIa x 3
Hurricane I Trop x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-26 Marauder x 9
B-26B Marauder x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
362 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[jdsrae]

Out of interest, who did you put in command of 6th Aus Div?
You have some good MAJGEN to choose from.

[Lowpe]

Will rotate them back to Chitt for upgrades once the 7th Division finishes. I have to break them down into thirds and upgrade one fraction at a time.

The restricted division will to Cox's...and then the Australians will head into Burma...well that is the plan.

[Q-Ball]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Argh, spoke too soon, not moving far enough, gotten into only moving a few hexes or even staying in the same hex:

Sub attack near Abemama at 134,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-34, hits 5, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage (could be ugly!)
BB Warspite
CA Quincy
CA Astoria
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CL Trenton
DD Flusser
DD Case
DD Cummings

SS I-34 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise

Hmmmm.....I wonder if this operation is going to be regrettable for you. With ENTERPRISE and HORNET out of commission for awhile, that will open opportunities for the Empire. A toehold in the Gilberts is nice, but long-term it doesn't do much strategically IMO if you have to expose ships to KB to exploit it

[Lowpe]

Sept 10th, 1942

Moonlight 0%...can our stricken carriers avoid the dreaded Iboats?

Allied navies bombard all over the place in the Gilberts and by Baker Island:

Howland, Nauru (1 AF), Tabiteuea...we catch Zeroes & Flying boats on the ground at Nauru destroying 10 of them...[:)]

[Lowpe]

Bombardments galore! The largest cruiser TF didn't go in...at Tabby.[:(]

Night Naval bombardment of Ocean Island at 130,130

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DD Monaghan
DD Patterson
DD Henley
DD Bagley

Resources hits 1
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 1

Night Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134

Allied Ships
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
CL Adelaide

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 10
Port hits 3

Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 4 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Portland

Japanese ground losses:
277 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 3

Night Naval bombardment of Howland Island at 148,135

Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
CA Louisville
DD Porter
DD Frazier
DD Lansdowne
DD Aaron Ward

Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
BB South Dakota firing at Howland Island
CA Louisville firing at Howland Island
DD Porter firing at 51st Naval Guard Unit

Night Naval bombardment of Howland Island at 148,135

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CL De Ruyter
DD Stack
DD Bailey

Japanese ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[Lowpe]

My tactics using these Stuarts is bad, or simply they are overwhelmed by the IJA tanks and artillery and heavily focused fired down. This size unit doesn't seem to have accomplished much, and I still don't have any General Lees or Valentines in China...as that unit is pressed fighting at Lashio with improvised tanks still.

I am going to label this tactic a failure and probably not worth repeating. Perhaps they might have worked better letting them dig in and getting forts four somewhere, but then you lose their best ability which is mobility.

Staying in Reserve No pursuit mode probably would have been best.

Defending force 37038 troops, 101 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 852

Japanese adjusted assault: 636

Allied adjusted defense: 1807

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1221 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
233 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (40 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
27th Division
17th Tank Regiment
Guards Tank Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Army
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

Defending units:
43rd Cavalry Regiment
70th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps







Note below Tuyun we have isolated two more IJA units. [:)]

[Lowpe]

Japan likes to attack!

Ground combat at 80,43 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28103 troops, 290 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 852

Defending force 25457 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Japanese adjusted assault: 423

Allied adjusted defense: 1219

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2476 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 223 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Division
39th Division
1st Army
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
71st Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps

[Lowpe]

Again:

Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30294 troops, 299 guns, 240 vehicles, Assault Value = 748

Defending force 25886 troops, 148 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 449

Japanese adjusted assault: 134

Allied adjusted defense: 940

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1730 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
587 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
36th Division
41st Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
56th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
39th Group Army

[Lowpe]

Last one:

Ground combat at 80,40 (near Tienshui)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19056 troops, 142 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 524

Defending force 12174 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Japanese adjusted assault: 158

Allied adjusted defense: 319

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
738 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
110th Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
15th Chinese Corps
91st Chinese Corps

[Lowpe]

Japan is moving lots of troops forward to Lashio...we are flying in Chinese...got to 500+ AV!

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1608 troops, 138 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 558

Defending force 15329 troops, 139 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 503

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th/B Division
5th Amphibious Brigade
18th/A Division
18th/C Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
254th Armoured Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
1st Burma/C Division
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
6th Chinese Corps /1
Burma Corps
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Argh, spoke too soon, not moving far enough, gotten into only moving a few hexes or even staying in the same hex:

Sub attack near Abemama at 134,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-34, hits 5, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage (could be ugly!)
BB Warspite
CA Quincy
CA Astoria
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CL Trenton
DD Flusser
DD Case
DD Cummings

SS I-34 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise

Hmmmm.....I wonder if this operation is going to be regrettable for you. With ENTERPRISE and HORNET out of commission for awhile, that will open opportunities for the Empire. A toehold in the Gilberts is nice, but long-term it doesn't do much strategically IMO if you have to expose ships to KB to exploit it

We shall see...but it is the Marcus Island invasion that is the clincher...as long as I don't lose a CV I feel good about this, even if Japan launches a full scale attack and takes everything back....

[Lowpe]

Shipping is moving quickly to launch the Tabby invasion, figure I have some time, but not a huge amount. My guess is the Marcus Island Invasion will happen first unless I play with the timing.

[CaptBeefheart]

I finally caught up post-Lunar New Year. Things seem to be going pretty well in CenPac.

When and where did you last see the KB? Also, apologies if I missed it, but how damaged is Big E?

Cheers,
CB

[Lowpe]

September 11, 1942

I haven't really show it, but intel reports about a half dozen IJN submarines sunk recently.

[Lowpe]

Burma

We are fort building, even with the drain on supply, to hopefully improve the supply.[;)]

A very interesting fact is that the LRPs I get in less than a month have 60 squads of 43 infantry, which I think in this case means very potent Piats? 75 anti armor....could they be flown to China or will they be used in para drops like Ramree or Tuongoo or Tuang Gyi?

[Lowpe]

Ships getting recalled is something I have no experience with, and it appears that the presence of enemy forces nearby can prevent this from happening at the larger ports closer to the action where you normally could...this happened to me in India earlier.

The arcane rules for this are somewhere in the patch notes...thank goodness for search.[;)]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

When and where did you last see the KB? Also, apologies if I missed it, but how damaged is Big E?

Last spotted a few days ago at Diego Garcia...

[Lowpe]

Our damaged ships...